About Wakana Village

Wakana is a mid sized village in Sangrampur tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 830 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586.36 hectares hectares.

Wakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Sangrampur
Area (hectares)	586.36 hectares
Population	1,678
Male Population	830
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakana compares

By the 2011 count Wakana is the 22nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents. Its 586.36 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Wakana

Wakana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wakana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wakana from other places

Wakana lies about 70 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jalamb Junction, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Wakana
Tehsil headquarters	Sangrampur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Jalgaon Jamod	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jalamb Junction	22 km
District headquarters	Buldana	70 km

Villages closest to Wakana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangrampur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Wakana

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakana village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,443 residents.

Wakana village has 830 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakana has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Wakana covers 586.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakana falls under Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakana is Jalamb Junction, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wakana.

Wakana is about 70 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakana is in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldana district. Sangrampur is about 6.7 km away. Jalgaon Jamod is about 9.9 km away. Jalamb Junction is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.